Chapter 1270: Silent Watcher (1/2)

Nevertheless, Davis still hadn't brought his family back from inside the Lightning Sea, so it could be said that he had a bit of time till he kowtowed, but that didn't make him feel any good.

'Oh well... what is my old face worth in front of my two gems' life...?' Nero Alstreim could only console himself, convincing that he was doing this for his daughters.

He was about to kowtow because sooner or later, he would have to do so without fail, or else, he would've truly lost all face at that moment. However, Davis suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to freeze.

”Just leave it to me. I'll get your family back safely. However, I'll only get them back after a month since Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim and Elise Alstreim will come out of prison at that time.”

Nero Alstreim possessed a bit of hesitancy, ”Can you not get them out soon?”

”No.” Davis shook his head, ”Originally, it would've been the death penalty as someone had to take responsibility for bringing the spies into the family, which ended up being Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim. As for Grand Elder Elise Alstreim, she brought in a calamity, an Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beast to the family, but it was driven away by Isabella, who is on my side.”

”Who's Isabella...!?” Nero Alstreim became shocked.

Someone who was actually able to drive away an Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beast was on Davis's side? Furthermore, a woman? He had no recollection of such a powerhouse in the Nine Western Territories.

”You'll come to know later...” Davis simply brushed that off, ”Nevertheless, even though Grand Elder Elise Alstreim was indirectly the reason why Weiss Alstreim was able to kill my mother's mother using pawns, my mother still considered your daughter's position and heavily lowered their sentence, compromising to take half of their less important wealth in exchange for decreasing the years they would spend in the prison.”

The only thing Davis didn't know was that Grand Elder Elise Alstreim already redeemed her wrongs by managing to steal a Peak-Level Water-Attributed Spirit Stone Source from the Aqua Flood Dragon. The true reason why she went to prison was that she had to shoulder her father's weight of crime as well.

”You understand?” Davis continued, ”A lot happened back then, and I can't keep explaining it. If you want to know more, you can ask your daughter Nora yourself as she would've been in the know by now since she became one with our family. Just wait for a month, and they will all be back. Even I don't want to keep my Niera there, you know...”

Nero Alstreim's expression became complex.

Ask his daughter himself? For that, he would have to reveal himself.

The reason why he didn't reveal himself was because he didn't want his daughter to be ashamed of herself upon seeing him. He absolutely didn't want that to be her first emotion when she saw him still be alive.

Nora had birthed a baby before marriage, and that was a huge scandal in the Alstreim Family. Furthermore, he heard that she was the Young Mistress, so the backlash to her name would be heavier and all the more deteriorating if other people came to know. The outrage wouldn't be any less than people demanding for her to be exiled from the Alstreim Family for being a disgrace.

After all, she had basically stained the Alstreim Family's name as its standing Young Mistress. Her image would basically reflect the standing and behavior of most women in the family to the outside world.

However, Davis suddenly frowned.

Keep Niera there?

The sealed space inside the Lightning Sea on that mysterious central island was basically the safest place he could think of, and even though it was desolate, it could easily defend incursions from even Peak-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouses.

Surely, experts and powerhouses who have comprehended Space Laws or Spatial Laws could maneuver themselves to that island and get out without the help of the Lightning Elemental, but they would not be able to enter the Lightning Sea no matter how they tried without using the life-like energy he possessed.

He suddenly felt like he should move his entire family there to keep them safe, but it was no different than locking them up there. Suppose if he were to die outside or get trapped in someplace without any way out, he would basically make them spend the rest of their lives in that damned space. Furthermore, they would become incapable of extending their cultivations by themselves, dying sooner because of not being able to extend their lifespans.

'If only I can transfer this Blazing Thunderlight Kirin's aura to someone else...' Davis lightly shook his head, feeling that it can only be dispersed and not given to someone else.

The sealed space had its advantages and disadvantages, but it all depended on him, whether if he could be present with them at all times or not so as to not let them become trapped like Ezekiel Alstreim and the others was, and besides, the way to enter the sealed space was rather simple but unknown to others.

It was simply letting them fall into the spatial cracks present around the central islands. Perhaps, any one of them would allow them to enter the sealed space easily.

Thinking like this, Davis promptly discarded the idea that came to his mind. It just wasn't too feasible to be trapped when it could be possible that a Peak-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouse might use the spatial crack to enter, whether intentionally or accidentally.

Davis felt like he would be checkmating himself at that moment as there wasn't simply a way to escape for his people, but he rather wondered if any Ninth Stage Powerhouses would be suicidal enough to get trapped inside the sealed space of their own volition.

That was unlikely unless they were deceived by some people who intentionally leaked little information, like Mival Silverwind and his two wives.